Türkler | |
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![]() Map of the Turkish people in the world | |
Total population | |
c. 80 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() ![]() | |
![]() | 3,000,000 to over 7,000,000[4][5][6][7] |
![]() | 3,000,000–5,000,000[48][49][50] |
![]() | 1,000,000–3,000,000[8][9][10][11] |
![]() | 1,000,000–1,700,000g[51][52] |
![]() | 1,000,000–1,400,000h[53][54] |
![]() | 500,000 to over 2,000,000[12][13][14][15] |
![]() | over 1,000,000[16][17][18 |
![]() | 588,318–800,000[62][63][64] |
The Turkish people (Turkish: Türkler), or Turks, are the world's largest Turkic ethnic group; they speak different dialects of the Turkish language and live mainly in Turkey and Cyprus. There are Turkish communities in the Balkans as well.
Approximately 200 million people,... speak nearly 40 Turkic languages and dialects. Türkiye is the largest Turkic state, with about 60 million ethnic Turks living in its territories.
The greatest are the 65 million Turks of Turkey, who speak Turkish, a Turkic language...